Global Housing

The judges for the 2018 Global Innovation Awards have selected the finalists from a robust crop of nominees. Winners will be announced at the IBS Global Industry Day on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in the International Central.

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A trip to see the sustainable community of Poundbury in Great Britain can help open the eyes of builders, community leaders and product manufacturers to the benefits of modern urban planning. And when NAHB Chairman Randy Noel led a delegation of NAHB representatives to the community, a project that the Prince’s Foundation began 20 years ago, it also served to open the eyes of foundation leaders to the benefits of the National Green Building Standard and HBI educational programs.

Buildings in British Columbia will be required to be built as zero-energy ready by 2032. So the Canadian province established the BC Energy Step Code (or stretch code) to help builders and communities make the transition. This is part of B.C.’s larger plan to reduce carbon dioxide, and similar initiatives are being launched in the United States.

NAHB Global Members from 23 countries visited International Central at the International Builders’ Show this month, learning about design trends, technology, building systems and doing business in a variety of countries.